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This testimony makes three main points. First, inheritances tend to exacerbate existing economic disparities and may be the most important barrier to intergenerational economic mobility. These tendencies are most pronounced at the top of the income distribution. While inherited income is...
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This study investigates the emotional experiences of immigrants and native- born individuals in the United States, exploring the relationship between daily activities and feelings of happiness, stress, and meaningfulness. We analyze the entire range of daily activities and their durations,...
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of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all … geographical and cultural, immigration policies and migrant networks. Differentiating immigrants by their educational attainments … to the US. -- Migration ; immigration policy ; education ; employment ; wages ; brain drain …
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of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all … geographical and cultural, immigration policies and migrant networks. Differentiating immigrants by their educational attainments …
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differences in the structure of migrants to four countries – namely, France, Germany, the UK and the US – which receive a … of distance, both geographical and cultural, immigration policies and migrant networks. Differentiating immigrants by …
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decades, it is important to know both how migrants integrate into the host countries and how immigration affects natives …-based tracking of children into different school types impede migrant integration. Chapters 4 and 5 cover the effect of immigration … on the host societies by showing that growing up in high immigration area increases intergenerational income mobility …
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of this paper is to examine educational inequalities among immigrants in eight high immigration countries: Australia …, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA. Results indicate that for almost all countries immigrants … inequalities ; immigration ; PISA ; TIMSS ; PIRLS …
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This paper investigates whether one's effort to keep up with the Joneses has any effect on labor supply behavior. We provide a simple model and empirical evidence that labor supply decisions of married women are influenced by relative as well as absolute income of their husbands. We find, after...
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